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RARE book published in conjunction with the exhibition `Printing the Talmud: From Bomberg to Schottenstein`, presented at Yeshiva University Museum at the Center for Jewish History, New York in April 12 - August 28, 2005. Contains articles by Yaakov Elman, Robert Brody, Haym Soloveitchik, Ephraim Kanarfogel, Robert Chazan, Marvin J. Heller, Elisheva Carlebach, Edward Fram, Michael Stanislawski, Marc B. Shapiro, Michael Rosenzweig, Adam Mintz, Shamma Friedman, Nosson Scherman & Nesanel Kasnett, two large articles by Lawrence H. Schiffman (The Making of the Mishnah and the Talmud & Medium and Message: The Talmud as a Transmitter of Jewish Culture), introduction by Sharon Liberman Mintz, Gabriel Goldstein, and Joshua Feinberg, as well as foreword by Richard Joel and preface by Sylvia A. Herskowitz. Besides the catalogue of the exhibition objects with each item description on one page and the plate illustrating the item on the opposite page, the book also includes lists of contributors and photographic credits, and index. 305x230mm. XIV+338 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Spine rear hinge rubbed/wrinkled. Spine edges slightly bumped/wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare, unique and abundantly illustrated volume provides a complete cultural history of the Talmud from its origins through the present day, and is in very good condition.